Zambia has selected five contractors that will deploy 2 MW of solar in 156 of the country’s constituencies under a national electrification initiative.
The government of Zambia has entered into agreements with five contractors to develop 2 MW solar plant projects in 156 of the country’s constituencies. The figure represented the number of constituencies in Zambia before the country’s electoral commission added an additional 70 earlier this year.
The 312 MW of decentralized solar will be developed under Zambia’s Presidential Constituency Energy Initiative (PCEI), a flagship program designed to increase nationwide renewable energy rollout and eradicate structural power deficits.
The project, tendered late last year, is also expected to add 4 MWh battery energy storage systems at each site.
The five winners of the tender have been named as Zambia’s Sunshare Construction via a joint venture with China Railway Construction Engineering Group, Zambia’s Chetam Metals Fabrication in a joint venture with ZamChin Construction Company, China Jiangxi International Corporation via a joint venture with Qingdao Haier Photovoltaic New Energy Company, Zambia’s Golden Baobab Investments in a joint venture with Huawei Technologies Zambia, and China Civil Engineering Construction Company Limited.
